Pierre Terrail "Bayard" is another highly celebrated knight, also known as ""the knight without fear and beyond reproach"; he embodied the perfect knight, with all his virtues, during the XVI century
He loyally served Charles VIII, Louis II and Francis I in all their campaigns in the Italian Peninsula during the Italian Wars, from the early days of Charles VIII's invasion of Northern Italy in 1494 to the Battle of Romagnano Sesia in 1524, where he was mortally wounded by an arquebus ball.

Let me nominate the one-armed Gotz von Berlichingen, who, although he was a knight, always seemed to be on the wrong side of the law, being placed under an Imperial ban twice and leading rebels during the German Peasants' War.

And there was Edward, the Black Prince, a notable victor in many battlefield engagements, although he was less than knightly in some of the things he did.

Let me nominate the one-armed Gotz von Berlichingen, who, although he was a knight, always seemed to be on the wrong side of the law, being placed under an Imperial ban twice and leading rebels during the German Peasants' War.

And there was Edward, the Black Prince, a notable victor in many battlefield engagements, although he was less than knightly in some of the things he did.

Gotz be da man!!

Other worthy candidates could be Hermann Von Salza(greatest grand master of the Teutonic Order), Godfrey of Buillon(the de-facto leader of the First Crusade) and Federico da Montefeltro(Renaissance condottiere and knight of the Order of the Garter)

Other worthy candidates could be Hermann Von Salza(greatest grand master of the Teutonic Order), Godfrey of Buillon(the de-facto leader of the First Crusade) and Federico da Montefeltro(Renaissance condottiere and knight of the Order of the Garter)